REG - Leeds Group PLC - AIM Suspension, Trading Update & Notice of Results

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16/09/2024 11:00

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RNS Number : 3441E  Leeds Group PLC  16 September 2024

16 September 2024

Leeds Group plc

("Leeds" or the "Company")

AIM Suspension

Trading Update and Notice of Final Results

AIM Suspension

As announced on 27 March 2024, following the completion of the sale of
Hemmers-Itex Textil Import Export GmbH ('Hemmers'), the Company became an AIM
Rule 15 cash shell.  As a Re-admission Transaction has not taken place, the
trading in the Company's ordinary shares is due to be suspended with effect
from 7.30 am on 30 September 2024.  Thereafter, if a Re-admission Transaction
has not been completed within a further six-month period, admission to trading
on AIM of the Company's ordinary shares will be cancelled by AIM.

The Board of Leeds Group plc ('Board') is working with its Nominated Adviser,
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, to seek an alternative facility on the AQSE
market whereby shareholders will be able to continue to trade their ordinary
shares following the suspension on AIM.  However, AQSE require a minimum
market capitalisation of £2m for admittance.  A further update will be made
shortly.

Trading Update

The Board also provides the following update for the financial year ended 31
May 2024.  All data in this announcement is unaudited, although the
comparative information for the year ending 31 May 2024 has been extracted
from audited data for that year.

Following completion of the disposal announced 27 March 2024, the Company,
through its wholly owned subsidiary LG Nordhorn Property GmbH, owns three
commercial properties in Germany with an aggregate net book value of
£5,209,000 as at 30 November 2023. The properties have been leased back to
Hemmers, effective from 1 December 2023 and the Company will derive an average
rental income of approximately £440,000 per annum over the next five years,
which is anticipated to cover the operating expenses of the Company for those
five years.

The Company has current debt of EUR 2 million.  As previously announced, the
Company expects to receive a recovery of EUR 0.6 million of withholding tax
from the German tax authorities and a distribution of approximately EUR 0.9
million by the KMR insolvency administrator.  The recovery of the withholding
tax and distribution from the KMR Insolvency administrator have been delayed
and are now expected within the next 6 months.

The Company's strategy will be to continue to maintain its commercial
properties in Germany which it will rent out for the foreseeable future. The
Board will continue to assess opportunities which could have the potential to
increase shareholder value as they arise, e.g.  looking at new leveraged
property acquisitions or to return value to shareholders.

Group Net Assets per Share and Net Assets

 

The Group expects to report year-end 31 May 2024 consolidated net assets per
share of approximately 15.9p (31 May 2023: 38.2p) and Group net assets of
approximately £4.35 million (31 May 2023: £10.44 million).

 

Notice of Final Results

Leeds expects to announce its full year results for the year ended 31 May 2024
in mid-October 2024.

Capitalised terms used in this Announcement shall, unless otherwise defined,
have the same meaning as set out in the announcement on 27 March 2024.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of UK Market
Abuse Regulation and has been arranged for release by Jan G Holmstrom,
Chairman.

 

Enquiries:

 

 Leeds Group plc                                Tel:  01937 547877

 Dawn Henderson
 Cairn Financial Advisers LLP                   Tel:  020 7213 0880

 Nominated Adviser

 Sandy Jamieson / Liam Murray / James Western

 

Forward-looking statements:

This announcement may contain certain statements about the future outlook for
Leeds Group plc. Although the directors believe their expectations are based
on reasonable assumptions, any statements about future outlook may be
influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be
materially different.

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